Sepal dimensions : 18-26mm long x connate at the base for 2-6mm, free lobes 3.5-5mm wide at the base
Corolla opening color : violet
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : broadly obovate
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 12-17mm long x 8-12mm wide
Nectary : 3-5mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : red, 40-45mm x 32-40mm long
Anthers : red-purple, 3-3.5mm long x 1-1.5mm wide,
Pistil :
Style : red, loosely pilose in lower half
Stigma : 2-3mm long x 1-1.5mm wide, exserted 15-20mm beyond the anthers
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : single
Flowers : glabrous and solitary in upper leafaxils,
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : subcylindrical, more-or-less four-angled, 13-18mm long x 7-10mm wide, purple when ripe
Seed : oblong-triangular, 1.4-1.8mm long x 0.8-2m wide
Habit : erect to scandent shrubs or climbers in trees to five meters above ground
Hardiness:
Height : 1-3 m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks : flowers occur mainly from November to March
Named :
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1989
Botanist : Berry P.E.
Authors : Berry 1989
Original publication : Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 559 1989
Habitat : low forests on limestone or sandstone outcrops, in the planalto to the north and west of Curitiba, Paraná
Elevation : 950-1150
Native country : Brazil
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n = 22
FOLIAGE
Leaves : mostly opposite, occasionally in whorls of three to four, firmly membranous to subcoriaceous, petioles wine purple, (2 to) 3 to 6 (to7) mm long, 1 to 2 mm thick, canaliculate above, at times making a marked angle at the junction with the midvein, stipules narrowly triangular, 1 to 1.7 mm long, 0.6 to 1.2 mm wide, adjacent ones occasionally fused, semideciduous
Foliage color upper side : sublustrous dark green, glabrous, except for small tufts of hairs 0.8 to 1 mm long at the base of the lower midvein in some plants
Foliage color lower side : pale green, glabrous
Leaf dimensions : generally three times longer than wide, 3-7.5(-11.0)cm long x 0.8-2.5(-3.0)cm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly lance-ovate
Leaf margin : remotely gland-denticulate
Leaf tip : attenuate to acuminate
Leaf base : rounded to narrowly subcordate
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 5-6(-7) per side
Stems :
Branches : branchlets glabrous, dull purple, older branches ascending on small shrubs or decumbent in large or climbing plants
